World War II on the Texas Homefront: Shoulder to Shoulder, On to Victory! Part Two: Sacrifice and Celebration Page: 12 of 17
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.TEXAS HIGHWAYS-WWII, 2of2-MALLORY
"We coped beautifully with wartime shortages. I think the war helped us find out
how strong we really were. It taught us how to work and how to grow up fast."
--Jimmie Shield Shaw, Nacogdoches
WAR BONDS, ETC.
"To help out with food shortages, our Boy Scout Troop 114 in Floresville planted a
'Victory Garden' on an empty lot next to our scoutmaster's home. We tended it
after school. Because men were away in the service, kids from my high school
were released from school early and bused to farms to pick whatever needed
harvesting."
--Rudy Elizondo, San Antonio
"My sorority sold war bonds at Love Field in Dallas. One day I sold a $25 bond to
a man who requested that it be sent to his nephew who was a German prisoner of
war on the East Coast. The man was an American citizen and evidently wanted to
his extended family. I thought it was admirable."
--Norma K. McClay, DallasPOWS
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Mallory, Randy. World War II on the Texas Homefront: Shoulder to Shoulder, On to Victory! Part Two: Sacrifice and Celebration, text, 2005-11~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1924386/m1/12/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.